Wal-Mart bringing back layaway for holiday shoppers

NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart is bringing back something it avoidedduring the Great Recession: layaway. The world's largest retailer, which ditched the pay-as-you-goplan in 2006, is rolling out a holiday layaway option. Wal-Martfollows rivals like Sears, which brought back layaway during thethick of the recession. Wal-Mart's layaway will run from Oct. 17and run through Dec. 16, but the company said it may extend theoption throughout the year if the program is successful. The move comes as Wal-Mart's mostly low-income shoppers arebeing squeezed by high unemployment and rising costs. It also comes as the Bentonville, Ark.-based discounter tries to reverse ninestraight quarters of sales declines at its U.S. namesake businessby the end of the year.

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